Index or directory.



No. 858,340. v PATENTED JUNE 25; 1907.

, H. s. HARDE,

INDEX 0R DIRECTORY. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 14, 1905.

To ail uihom it ntay concern: Be it known that-I, HERBERT S. HARDE,

- or. for other reference to t e index of the kind disclosed di turb g3U NITED STATES HERBERT s. HARDE, 0F NEW-YORK, N. it",

a citizen ,of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan,city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and provements inIndexes or Directpries, of which the following is a specificatlon.

'Thisinvention relates to indexes or directories for use in connectionwith telephones oses, and it has especial in my 'co-pending applicationSerial No. 237,492, filed December '19, 1964'.

1 The object of the resent invention is to provide'an index or irectoryadapted to be rotatably inountedon any suitable support Y and presentinga plurality of leaves bearing I names and a d therefrom indetails ofconstruction but fallwithin the sec e of the invention, which I isclearly defined 1n the appended claims.

In the drawings, in which corresponding.

parts are designated by similar characters of reference, Figure 1 is aview in front elevation of one form of the invention. Fig. 2 is a viewin transverse section through a .directory or=index in osition upon atelephone trans 'tter, =whic is shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is afragmentary elevational view of a slightlxdiflerent form of theinvention; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of the form ofthe-invention illustrated in Fig. 3.

Refefirst to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 designates the ase of the index ordirectory,

7 i which may be formed of any suitable sheet material having therequired stiffness, and.

which is preferably provided on its front face adjacent to the periphery"with a stiffenor annulus 2, presenting a surface slightly inclinedtoward the center of the base which is circular inform and has a centralopening 3, which is sufliciently large to receive t e Specification ofLetters Patent. Application filed January 14,1905. Serial No. 241,085.

mouthpiece 4 of a tele- P TENT OFFICE.

INDEX OF: DIRECTORY.

P 9 transmitter 5. Upon the I Provide any suitable number of 'SBGtOT-shaped leaves 6, each of which" is preferably provided with a pluralityof indextcharacters 7, which are disposed in different posi- PatentedJune 'tions, so that they may be reco niz'ed when the leaf is in anyposition I he .sectorshaped leaves 6 are arranged'inaring around thecentral opening of the base, so as to overlap, as best shown in Fig.2,and each. leaf is pivotally attached to the base atone-:ofthe cornersadjacent to the center. .of the-base The attachment of each leaf tothebase may be effected-by means .of an annular clipg8 of sheet metal orthe like, Which-is directly secured to the base, as shown in:-Fig.2,,and

has a flange 9 which overlies the-base and receives the rivets 10 orother deviceswhich serve as pivots for the leaves. The :clip 8 servesnot only as a support for the rivets .10 by which the leaves aresecured, butit-engages frictionally with the leavesswhen in normalposition about the center of thebase and so holds the leaves in thenormal position. The pressure exerted by theclipyuponflthe severalleaves is just sufli'cientte prevent the leaves from droppingoutrofnorrnal position by their own Weight, and when. it isdesired toshift one of the leaves to disclose more fully the addresses or otherdata entered thereon, the leaf may be easily turned on-its pivot bygrasping the margin of the leafbetween the thumb and the forefinger anddraw ing it in the direction indicated by the-arrow in Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, 15 designates the base, which is adisk ofsheet material similar to that above described and shown in Figs. 1 and2. Upon thisbase a plurality of sector-shaped leaves 16 arepivotallymounted so as to overlap when in normal position and closelysurround the central opening 17 of the disk. The leaves 16 are pivotedadj acent to the pcripheryof the base by means of rivets 18 or othersuitable fastening devices,-

Which pass through corners of the leaves and permit them to be swungoutward, as shown in Fig. 3. In this form of the invention, as in thatalready described, I preferably provide an annular clip 19 adjacent tothe center of the base and surrounding the central opening 19 This clip19 has a flange 20 overlying the base and adapted to engage frictionallyw th the leaves 16 and hold them in normal position.

Both forms of index already described and illustrated in the drawingsare adapted for use upon any suitable support and may occupyhorizontalor vertical positions. They are'designed primarily formounting u on supports upon which they may be rotated to brlng any leafinto position for convenient inspection, but it is obvious that they maybe fixed upon walls, tables or the like, if desired, and the printing orlines upon the leaves may be so arranged as to bring the characters intoproper position for reading .when the leaves are turned-out of theirnormal position;

While the invention is designed primarily for use as a telephone indexor directory, any datatowhich frequent reference is necessary may beentered upon the leaves in lieu of the addresses and telephone numberswhic'hare ordinarily kept thereon.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-,Patent is z y 1.. An index or directory comprising aflat base, .leaves independently pivoted on the base and arranged tooverlap so that each leaf has when in normal position only a smallportion exposed to view, and each leaf being susceptible of movementedgewise independently of all the other leaves so as to expose nearlythe entire leaf. 7

2. An index or directory comprising a base, and a plurality ofoverlapping leaves pivotally mounted on the base ,each leaf beingsusplanner thateach leaf when in normal position overlaps oneimmediately adjacent leaf and is over lapped by the other m'unediatelyadjacent leaf.

4. In an index or directory, a base, and a 45 plurality of leavesarranged in a ring on said base, said leaves being secured to the baseby a series of separate pivots upon which the leaves are secured so asto swing edgcwiso, and each leaf being pivoted adjacent to one corner.

.5. In an index or directory, a base, and a plurality of substantiallysector shaped leaves arranged in a ring on said base and pivotallysecured thereto so as to swing edgewise, each leaf being pivoted at apoint adjacent to its outer margin.

6. In an index or directory, a base, a plurality of leaves radiallyarranged on the base and pivotally secured thereto, and an annular clipcarried by the base and adapted to hold said leaves normally inoverlapped position. I

7. In. an indox or directory, :1 base having a central'aperture, aplurality of overlapping leaves'arran'ged around said. aperture, and aplurality of pivots also arranged around said a. erture upon which saidleaves are mounted to swing edgewise.

-' -8. An index or directory comprising a base, a plurality ofoverlapping leaves arranged around a point on said base, and a series ofpivots for said leaves arranged substantially in a circle, said leaveswhen in normal position being radially arranged with reference to thecircle in which the ivots are set and being symmetrically place inrelation to the

